A recent study on the measurement of service readiness for providing inpatient care of small and sick newborns puts the spotlight on improving monitoring systems, quality of care and investments in health systems scale-up to end preventable newborn death and disability, as discussed in Part 2 in a series of...

By Dr. Mariella Castillo As a maternal and child health specialist, I work to ensure that programs for mothers and children give every child the best possible start in life. In my work throughout the Philippines, I am continuously reminded that unless we maximize the roles of midwives and nurses...

This July 18, Volunteer Youth Leaders for Health (VYLH) – Philippines, a national collaboration of youth leaders of youth organizations in universities and communities in the Philippines, will be launching the first National Social Media day for Folic Acid Awareness, #FolicAcidPH. The social media activity which coincides with the observance...

Every day more mothers give birth in urban areas, often in informal settings. More than a billion people will live in slums and informal settlements by 2020 in the developing world, according to UNFPA.